‘DYBYDX’ wins WCOOP High Roller Event

Yesterday evening marked the beginning of the 2011 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP), with UK player ‘DYBYDX’ emerging victorious from the $10,300 High Roller event.

After a gruelling 16 hours of play, DYBYDX was the last man standing, pocketing a princely sum of $430k. The real name of the lucky winner is yet to be released.

Runner-up xraypies, also a Brit, met his tournament end when his Q-7o was no match for DYBYDX’s K-4s. We doubt he’ll be too peeved, though – his second place finish meant a nifty bankroll boost of $310k.

Some Team PokerStars Pros to make the money were JP Kelly, who finished 18th ($25k), and former WSOP main event winner Joe Hachem, who came 24th ($20k).

The final table standings are as follows:

1. DYBYDX (UK) – $430,000

2. xraypies (UK)– $310,000

3. Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee (Canada) – $235,000

4. Skilled G (Argentina) – $175,000

5. roi kin23 (Russia) – $120,000

6. Tobias “PokerNoob999” Reinkemeier (Germany) – $100,000

7. MatchBalla (Denmark) – $80,000

8. SenorPokes (Canada) – $60,000

9. Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese (Canada) – $40,000

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